BJP plans stir against Moradabad SSP

Bajpai, who was in Kaanth Saturday, said the SSP had acted as a “loyal SP worker” while dealing with BJP workers.

UP BJP president Laxmikant Bajpai Saturday announced a stir against Moradabad SSP Dharamvir Singh from July 15 for “humiliating” party workers.

Bajpai alleged BJP workers were taken into police custody and beaten with slippers for trying to hold a mahapanchayat on July 4 against removal of a loudspeaker from a temple at Akbarpur Chanderi village in Kaanth.

There were clashes between BJP workers and the police on the day at Kaanth railway station in which more than 20 people, including the Moradabad DM, were injured. The next day, the SSP had said the BJP had brought people from neighbouring districts to fan communal tensions in Kaanth

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Bajpai, who was in Kaanth Saturday, said the SSP had acted as a “loyal SP worker” while dealing with BJP workers. “Those named in FIRs for rioting at Kaanth railway station were arrested an hour before the incident. The DGP and Moradabad Range DIG were aware of this,” he said.

Bajpai also said the issue was resolved after a settlement between the Moradabad DM and the agitators but the SSP had disagreed.

He claimed they will avenge the harassment of party workers within the purview of the Constitution and added that the SP government should avoid the policy of Muslim appeasement.

Earlier in the day, a delegation of BJP leaders led by Bajpai met the Moradabad DM to demand the restoration of the loudspeaker at the temple.

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